Ralph Riddle: Pasadena’s First Black Policeman
Ralph Riddle (1916-1990) became the Pasadena Police Department's first Black officer in 1946. His father, Reverend John Morton Riddle,...
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Sep 302 min read
Pasadena Public Health Department
In 1886, Pasadena was just the second city incorporated in LA County. (Los Angeles of course was the first.) In 1892, six years after its...
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Sep 302 min read
N. Fair Oaks Recording Studio “Vita” and “Mambo Record” and the Squires
An R&B record company called “Vita” was started in Pasadena in 1955 at 1486 N. Fair Oaks between Washington and Howard (now a vacant...
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jill3430
Sep 302 min read
Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church 1062 N Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA 91103
The Episcopal Church in the Los Angeles area dates back to 1864, but Saint Barnabas in Pasadena dates back to “Great Migration” of...
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jill3430
Sep 302 min read
FAME Pasadena Church, 1700 N. Raymond Ave.
The AME Church in the US was founded by Richard Allen in 1816 when he called together five African American congregations of the...
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jill3430
Sep 301 min read
New Life Holiness Church, 2005 N Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA
New Life Holiness Church, 2005 N Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA 91103 New Life Holiness Church has been a part of the North West corridor...
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Sep 301 min read
Bethel Missionary Baptist, 1972 N Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA 91103
Bethel Church has played a significant role in the community by reaching out to youth and thousands of families as a result of the...
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jill3430
Sep 301 min read
Deliverance Christian Church, 1420 N Fair Oaks Ave
Deliverance Christian Church started in a garage behind the Little Lambs preschool, owned by Pastor Milton Butler. The church moved to...
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Sep 301 min read
Bethlehem Church of Christ
Bethlehem Church of Christ was established September 18,1949 by Elder Ward Glover. In 1958 Bishop Matthew Richardson (who also owned and...
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jill3430
Sep 303 min read
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church
The following three churches meet in the same building owned by New Hope at 1787 North Fair Oaks 1) New Hope Missionary Baptist...
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jill3430
Sep 302 min read
Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena, Mackenzie-Scott Branch, 2020 N. Fair Oak Ave.
. A jewel on north Fair Oaks Avenue prized by everyone, the Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena’s Mackenzie-Scott Branch (formerly Boys’...
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jill3430
Aug 291 min read
OT’s Fantastic Barber Shop
OT’s Fantastic Barber Shop, was located at 2059 N Fair Oaks Ave. Pasadena, CA 91103 OT’s Fantastic Barber was a thriving business in the...
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jill3430
Aug 291 min read
Decker House
Decker House as part of Decker Court, 1655 North Fair Oaks Avenue Pasadena, California This historic house was constructed in 1892 in the...
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jill3430
Aug 292 min read
La Pintoresca Library
La Pintoresca Library Monk, a New Yorker, purchased most of the land in the area where the library and many homes are today. He felt...
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jill3430
Aug 292 min read
Gabrieleno-Tongva People
The Gaspar de Portolá land expedition in 1769 resulted in the founding of Mission San Gabriel by Catholic missionary Junipero Serra...
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jill3430
Aug 292 min read
Elbie and Dolores Hickambottom
Elbie Hickambottom worked for the Pasadena Redevelopment Agency as the director of Relocation and Property Management in 1967. He oversaw...
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jill3430
Aug 291 min read
M. Earl Grant- Family Savings and Loan
Earl Grant moved to Pasadena in the 1920s to join his brother in the rubbish hauling business. At that time Altadena did not have a...
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jill3430
Aug 292 min read
Doug Kosobayshi and the Berry and Sweeny Pharmacy
When asked why he was so successful, Doug Kosobayashi, (1938-present) owner/partner of the Berry and Sweeney Pharmacy on N. Fair Oaks...
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jill3430
Aug 292 min read
Dona Eulalia Perez de Guillen de Marine
Born in the military port of Loreto, Baja California, Dona Eulalia Perez de Guillen de Marine traveled to Alta California as a soldier’s...
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jill3430
Aug 294 min read
Canto “TNT” Robledo
Canuto Cimental Robledo (January 19, 1913 – November 29, 1999) better known as Canto “TNT” Robledo, was a Mexican-American ...
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